Ever wonder why the New Leaf Market says “Bank of Italy” over the front door? The downtown New Leaf ...
How Santa Cruz’s Bank of Italy Turned a New Leaf
December, 2016
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School Street Stairs: A Step Back in Time
Until 1920, the Upper and Lower Plazas of Mission Hill in Santa Cruz, California were both the town ...
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The Yesteryear of Mission Hill Tunnel
Today’s Chestnut Street in downtown Santa Cruz, California is a quiet residential street, with ...
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The Spanish Gardens of Santa Cruz City Hall
Today’s City Hall at 809 Center Street, is located in the two blocks along Church Street betwe ...
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Mission Hill Staircase Tour
Get to know Mission Hill as it is today and as it was over 100 years ago. Get your exercise for the ...
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Hotel Turned Red: The Red Room
Today’s Red Restaurant, at 200 Locust Street, is in the old Santa Cruz Hotel building, built i ...
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Rincon Park was More Than a Median Strip
At the end of Rincon Street in Santa Cruz, California, is a small park which today looks mostly like ...
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Santa Cruz: The Walnut Avenue Stairs
This retaining wall and stairs are one of the distinctive features of Walnut Avenue. The Pratchner f ...
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Santa Cruz’s Mission Hill: Farms of Yesteryear and the Streets of Today
Before it was subdivided in the 1940s, the broad street now known as “Chrystal Terrace” was just nar ...
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Locust Street Steps Before the Extension Cut
There have been stairs going up Mission Hill from here for over 100 years. The stairs here today wer ...
